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The problem with Wall Street’s fixation on the Fed dot plot
The rate projections give investors and analysts a false sense of precision. Some Fed officials are tired of them.
Will the Fed cut rates Wednesday? Not likely, but here's when they might.
Interest rates for credit cards to mortgages jumped since the Fed began fighting inflation in 2022. Here's where experts ...
Fed might not cut rates until September. But how will it handle its balance sheet?
“I think the Fed will have a window to cut rates in September,” Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global ...
Will pressure from Trump and Vance spur Powell to cut interest rates?
Federal Reserve likely to keep interest rates unchanged for fourth straight meeting despite President Donald Trump and Vice ...
Fed likely to keep rates steady amid trade war, Middle East conflict
The Federal Reserve looks set to maintain its pause on interest rate cuts at its meeting this week amid President Trump’s ...
This chart shows why you can be optimistic about Fed rate-cuts and investing in bonds
U.S. borrowing rates are likely to decline in the coming months, which would be positive for the bond market and the economy.
Fed’s ‘Wait and See’ Approach Is Intact as New Risks Cloud Economic Outlook
The central bank is set to hold interest rates steady for its fourth straight meeting, a pause that could be extended through ...
Why the Fed Isn’t Cutting Rates Despite Cool Inflation
Central-bank officials, who meet this week, are in a holding pattern as they wait to see what worsens first: inflation or the ...
Fed officials left in ‘uncomfortable purgatory’ as tariffs complicate this week’s rate decision
With the outlook uncertain, Fed policymakers are expected to keep their key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday at about 4.4%.
SA Asks: When will the Fed cut interest rates?
In advance of Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting, we asked Seeking Alpha analysts Jeremy LaKosh and Jack Bowman when they ...
This chart shows the Fed has room to cut interest rates enough to boost bonds and housing
Fed Chair Jerome Powell insists that the U.S. central bank's interest-rate setting committee is "data driven," so members presumably are focusing on other data than what is being reviewed here. Yet it ...
Could the Federal Reserve lower interest rates and mortgage rates? Analysts weigh in
The Chicago fed CEO in a Des Moines visit says mortgage rates could come down in nine to 12 months. Other experts aren't so sure ...